Sunday, April 22, 2012

A New Earth


"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).

"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31).

"O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth!" (Psalm 8:1).

"They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea" (Isaiah 11:9).

"The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth" (Isaiah 40:28).

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made" (John 1:1-3).

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14).

"Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?" (Mark 4:41).

"...and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32).

"Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid" (John 19:41).

"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God" (Romans 8:19-21).

"For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth" (Ephesians 1:9-10).

"Behold, I make all things new" (Revelation 21:5).